KMTT - the Torah Podcast

Etzion Foundation's Jubilee Conference Panel, April 7, 2019, NYC Moderated by: Rabbi Dr. Michael Berger '80, Professor of Religion at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and Program Officer at AVI CHAI Foundation Panel Participants: Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg MO '06 – Historian of Early Modern Jewry, Junior fellow Harvard Society of Fellows Professor Chaim Saiman '96, Professor of Jewish Law, Contracts and Insurance Law at Villanova Law School and editor of American Journal of Comparative Law. Dr. Yael Landman Wermuth MO '05 – Visiting Research Fellow in Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College; Acquisitions Editor, Gorgias Press

Etzion Foundation's Jubilee Conference Panel, April 7, 2019, NYC Moderated by: Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot '81, Rabbi, Netivot Shalom, Teaneck NJ Panel Participants: Rabbi Shlomo Brin '73, Ram and Chairman elect Board of Yeshivat Har Etzion Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom '83, Chair, Dept. of Bible, YULA High Schools Dr. Shalom Holtz '94, Associate Professor of Bible and Associate Dean, Yeshiva College Mrs. Yael Goldfischer, Chair: Chumash Department; Director: Israel Guidance -The Frisch School

Etzion Foundation's Jubilee Conference Panel, April 7, 2019, NYC Moderated by: Rabbi Shmuel Hain, Rabbi of Young Israel Ohab Zedek of North Riverdale/Yonkers Panel Participants: Yoetzet Halacha Shayna Goldberg, Mashgicha Ruchanit of the Bnot Chul – Migdal Oz Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Senior Rabbi at Lincoln Square Synagogue Rachel Hercman LCSW, psychotherapist specializing in dating and relationships, sexual health and trauma, Clinical Director at The Layers Project Magazine

Commemorating RAL zt"l's 4th yahrzeit, Rav Moshe Taragin presents a synopsis of Harav Aharon's view of the State of Israel.

The Rav zt"l, Rav Joseph Dov Soloveitchik, gave a famous shiur at a Pidyon Haben in 1974. During the shiur, he described his experience as he gave his Talmud shiur in YU as an old man. A very powerful and inspirational description brought to you in honor the Rav's 26th yahrzeit.

Jewish Family in Halakha #26, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Kibbud Sabba

Makkot Mitzrayim #10, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Bechorot: My first-born!!

Jewish Family in Halakha #25, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Kibbud of Stepparents and Older Siblings

Makkot Mitzrayim #9, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Choshech - The Dark Side!! What were the religious messages of Choshech? Is darkness really associated with evil?

Makkot Mitzrayim #8, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Arbeh, Foreign Invasion! What were the themes of the very symbolic plague of Arbeh?

Jewish Family in Halakha #24, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Kibbud - Special Cases

Makkot Mitzrayim #7, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Barad, Makkot from Heaven! Why was Barad referred to as " all my plagues"; Why did Pa'aro finally concede to HKB"H?

Makkot Mitzrayim #6, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Shechin - Moshe the Magician; Why was Moshe's role so pronounced in this plague; He does a GREAT impersonation of a magician.

In Memory of Zacharia Baumel HY"D, by Rav Eli Weber

On Parshat Tazria - Birth and Circumcision, by Rav Ezra Bick

Makkot Mitzrayim #5, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Dever: There is a New Shepherd in Town! "Dever" may seem pretty "Vanilla"; discover the religious, economic and redemptive significance of "Dever".

Topics in Practical Halakha #12, Kitniyot on Pesach, by Rav Mordechai Friedman

Jewish Family in Halakha #23, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Kavod and Morah

Makkot Mitzrayim #4, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Arov: Gangs of Beasts! Everyone is terrified by wild animals; why were they called AROV (Gang) - Learn about the first gangsters in history.

Makkot Mitzrayim #3, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Kinim: Insects in Egypt!! KINIM - What did the insects invade? How did this affect the construction industry in Egypt?

Makkot Mitzrayim #2, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Tzefardea (Nile Creatures): What made "Tzefardei'a" so terrible. Frogs are so cute!!??

Makkot Mitzrayim #1, by Rav Moshe Taragin - Blood: Was the first makkah of dam (blood) an attack on water or an assault upon the Nile)?

Likrat Pesach - Chametz, shiur given by Rav Mordechai Friedman

Jewish Family in Halakha #22, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Kibbud Av 3

On Parshat Tzav, Eish Tamid - Fire on the Altar, by Rav Ezra Bick

48 Kinyanei Torah 18, Ohev et Ha-Tochachot, Ohev et Ha-Meisharim, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Why is rebuke - giving and receiving - so central to religious growth? Is "yashar" an intellectual or spiritual appellation?

Why is Daniel the Secret Hero of Purim? Special sicha for Purim 5779, by Rav Moshe Taragin

Jewish Family in Halakha #21, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Kibbud Av 2

On Parshat Vayikra - From the Physical to the Spiritual, by Rav Ezra Bick

48 Kinyanei Torah 17, Ohev et Ha-Beriyot and Ohev et Ha-Tzadakot, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Why is loving people important, how is it expressed, and what does it have to do with Torah study? If tzedakah is not enough, what else is demanded of us?

Jewish Family in Halakha #20, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Kibbud Av

On Parshat Pekudei - Your work. My plans. Shiur by Rav Ezra Bick

48 Kinyanei Torah 16, Ahuv and Ohev et haMakom, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Why is it important to be beloved by other people? How does loving Hashem help a person succeed in learning?

Jewish Family in Halakha #19, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Chinukh #02

48 Kinyanei Torah 15, Ha-Oseh Seyag Le'Devarav and Eino Machzik Tovah Le'Atzmo, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Appreciating the role of discipline, clarity and self-imposed limitations; "Don't Pat Yourself on the Back" - why not and and how does that aid Torah study?

Jewish Family in Halakha #18, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Chinukh

KMTT - On Parshat Ki Tisa - Building the Mishkan and Not Building on Shabbat, by Rav Ezra Bick

48 Kinyanei Torah 14, HaMakir et Mekomo and HaSameach beChelko, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb What does "knowing one's place" mean and how does it impact learning? Am I supposed to be "happy with my portion" in the spiritual arena or just with regards to material possessions?

Has Brisker Creativity and Tanach Analysis Eliminated the Awe of Talmud Torah, a special shiur by Rav Moshe Taragin, given at Cong. Rinat Yisrael (Teaneck, NJ) on Sunday Feb 17th, 2019.

Jewish Family in Halakha #17, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Chiyuv Av Livno #2

On Parshat Tetzaveh, Making Kohanim, by Rav Ezra Bick A kohen who is sleeping is also a kohen, but he is not really a kohen unless he is serving.

Chizzuk from the Parsha, and Q+A with Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky, special sicha given to the bnei chul on Feb 11, 2019. Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky is the current Rosh HaYeshiva of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington – Tiferes Gedaliah. He studied and received rabbinic ordination from the Mir Yeshiva of Jerusalem and continues the mesorah of his rebbeim Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz ztz"l and Rav Nachum Partzovitz ztz"l. In Israel, Rabbi Lopiansky taught at Aish HaTorah from 1983-1990, and then taught at the Mir for five years before assuming the post of Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva Gedolah here in 1994.

Measles - An Imperative, a special sicha for bnei chul, by Dr. Alan Kadish, Pres. Touro College, Feb. 7, 2019

Jewish Family in Halakha #16, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Chiyuv Av Livno

"Ahavas Hashem Expected of an Eved Hashem," special sicha for bnei chul, by Guest Speaker, Rabbi Yonason Sacks. Rosh Yeshiva of Lander College for Men, a division of Touro College, as well as the spiritual leader of the Agudas Yisroel of Passaic Park in Passaic, New Jersey.

On Parshat Teruma, Building the Mishkan and God in our Midst, by Rav Ezra Bick

"The Mishkan Was An Illusion," Chizuk for Choref Zman, special sicha for bnei chul, by Guest Speaker, Rabbi Menachem Penner. YHE alumnus 1988. Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of YU; Rabbi Emeritus, YI of Holliswood.

Jewish Family in Halakha #15, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Minhagei Mishpacha

On Parshat Mishpatim, Har Sinai and Civil Law - What's the Connection, by Rav Ezra Bick

48 Kinyanei Torah 13, Emunat Chachamim and Kaballat Yissurin, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb What is Emunat Chachamim and how does it impact Torah study? Are yissurin - challenges and suffering - inherently beneficial or is it the kaballah - the attitude and reaction we have to suffering - which is the catalyst to growth?